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GDRUN STBLES, 0F PHLADELPHIA., PENNSYLVANIA.

VEHCLE- B RAKE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patent ed 'ov. 2,1909.

application filed October 31, 150B. Serial No. 460,463.

To n/L whom it may aimee/"n:

Be it known that l, Goticos t til/.cn nl! the l lhihnlclphia. in the titae olf Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful lmprowzncnxis in vf'ehicledirakcsg and vI do hereby declare the following" to be a i'ull, clearT and citant description ot the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to ,vhicl'i it appertains lo mal': and usc the saine.

The present invention relates to brakes employed upon vehicles ot' various kinds, and itI ain'is to provide an. improved brake of the choclcbloek type, `which is simple in design and ce. 'lj applied and operated.

lilith the above and other ends in View, the inventitni consists in the construction',

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combination, and arrangement of parts, all

as hereinafter more fully described, .specifically claimed, and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.o in which like parts are designated by 'esponding' reference numerals in tlv several views.

Of the ,l drawings Figure 1 is an inverted plan viewl of a portion of the running gear ot' a vehicle with the improved brake applied thereto.,r Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section 'therctlnonglr F 3 and et arerespectively a. plan view and a partially inverted perspective 'view ot' one ot the .brake shoes.

ring' more particularly to the drawings, 5 desilgnates the body, G and 7 the ilront and rear-axles, and 8 and 9 the front and rear wheels of a vehicle oi any conventional type. lhe rear axle is provided with a pair of iowardly depending hangers 10, which are pivotally connected at their rear ends with said axle, and at their forward ends with a tra .svcrsely disposed rod or shaft 11, .vhich normally pressed downward by a pair ot' heavy coilLsprings 12, which are fastened at opposite ends to the fioor 29 of the vehicle and to said rod. At its opposite ends said rod is provided with a pair of )ich are disposed in alinenient with and C 'htly in advance of the corrcsponding` rear wheclstl. The brake shoes, which analog us to'cl'iock-blocks and have cui bottoms et and -stems 15 nicd on thl, upperk endsvand projected sely through openings Y.Formed in theopiosite ends ot the rod li, are cnshionedin their braking` action by retractile springs lo,

United States, residingat` which are connected with said shoes and with said rod and are also cushioned with respect to the lat-ter by expansible springs 1T, which surround the stems of said shoes and bear against .said rod and against pins 18 disposed upon said stems. The rod 11, which carries the brake shoes is forced into elevated position against the action of the springs 12 by a hand lever 19, which extends through an opening 20 formed in the floor 29 adjacentthe front end thereof, and is pivoted to said iioor at such point, itslower end being connected with said rod by a link 2l. The lever is held in adjusted position by a spring-pressed dog 22, which is de! signed to engage .the teeth of a quadrant 23, supported upon the floor adjacent the opening 20.

The construction oi' the shoesy 13 is illustrated more particularly in Figs. 3 and 4, from which it will be noted that transverse rollers 24 have their trunnions 25 journaled in the. sides ot' said shoes said rollers beings provided at one end thereof with ratchet wheels 2G, which areengaged by pavvls 27 pivoted to the shoes. As the wheels rotate, the rollers 24 compensate for their movement and absorb their momentum, but the pawl and ratchet mechanism prevents rotation of the rollers as the vehicle is backed to release the shoes, said shoes beingl provided on their under surfaces with ground-engaging spurs 28.

ln operation, assuming that it is desired to bring,` the vehicle to a sudden stop, the dog' 22 is released from engagement with the quadrant 23 when the coil-springs 12 will be t'ree to expand and swing the rod l1 and hangers 10 downwardly, thus throwing the brake shoes under the wheels, when the vehicle. will be at once stopped. To release the slices, it is only necessary to pall the lever 19 rearwardly, when the rod l1 will be raised, owing to the link connection 2l between said rod and lever, the upward movement of the rod throwingl the shoes y into their inoperative position.

From the foregoing description it Will be seen that. simple and ellicient means are provided tor accon'iplishing the objects of the invention, but, while the elements herein shown and described are well adapted to serve the Jfunctions set forth, it is obvious that .various minor changes may be made in the proportions, shape, and arrangement ofthe several iperts, without departing from the spirit and scope of the iiventioii es defined in the appended claim.v

f downwardly and forwardly inclined brackets pivoted to the rear axle, a transversely disposed rod carried by said braokets, :i brake Shoe slidably mounted at each end of said rod and disposed in alinement with and slightly in advance of the adjacent rear wheel, a linkpivot'ed at its rear end to seid ,rod, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends to the Vehicle body and et its lower end to geen@ the forward end of said lilik, for swin 'g seid hod bodily upward, to render'said s oes inoperative, means for retaining said lever' m adjusted position,. mda pair of coil springs connected Vwith the vehicle body and with the opposite ends of said rod, for automatically lowering the latter when vsaid retaining means are released from engagement with seid lever, tox force said shoes under the rear wheels into engagement with Y the ground.

n testimony whereof, I 'ex my signeture, 1n presence of two Witnesses.

Witnessesz,

M A. 1QU1NLAN, Jos. I. MURRAY.

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